Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 1578-1584, June 2004

A placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial of the use of combined l-carnitine and l-acetyl-carnitine treatment in men with asthenozoospermia☆

  • Andrea Lenzi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andrea Lenzi, M.D., Laboratory of Seminology and Reproductive Immunology, Andrology Unit, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Policlinico Umberto I–00161 Rome, Italy (FAX: 39-06-4469663)
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  • Paolo Sgrò, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Pietro Salacone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Donatella Paoli, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Barbara Gilio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Francesco Lombardo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Santulli, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biotechnology and Hematology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Research in Human Reproduction, Infertility, and Sexual Function, Urological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Loredana Gandini, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Seminology and Reproductive Immunology Unit, Training Center in Andrology of the European Academy of Andrology, Department of Medical Physiopathology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Received 23 July 2003; received in revised form 22 October 2003; accepted 22 October 2003.

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☆ Supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” and the Rome University Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine through grants from Sigma Tau srl (Pomezia–Italy).

PII: S0015-0282(04)00209-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.10.034

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 1578-1584, June 2004

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